Bridge collapse derails train in Russia's Bryansk region bordering Ukraine
A passenger train has derailed after a bridge collapsed in Russia's Bryansk region bordering Ukraine.
Three people died and 28 were taken to hospital, Russian media outlet Ria reported.
"Unfortunately, there are injuries," Bryansk governor Alexander Bogomaz said on the Telegram messaging app.
He added that the collapse took place in the western Vygonichskyi district in the area of a federal highway.
Russia's Baza and SHOT Telegram channels, which often publish information from sources in the security services and law enforcement, reported that the passenger train crashed into the collapsed bridge.
Baza reported, without providing evidence, that preliminary information indicated the bridge was blown up.
Reuters could not independently verify the Baza and SHOT reports.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Since the start of the war that Russia launched with its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago, there have been continued cross-border shelling, drone strikes, and covert raids from Ukraine into the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions that border Ukraine.
Russia's emergency ministry said on Telegram it sent an additional deployment to the fire and rescue units already working at the site.
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